Marjorie Stapp (born September 17, 1921 in Little Rock, Arkansas), is a retired American actress who was mainly in low-budget pictures.Stapp began her film career when she signed a contract with the film studio 20th Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her first screen appearance was in The Kid from Brooklyn, a film starring Danny Kaye. This was followed by another minor appearance in Linda Be Good in 1947. Eventually, she landed a leading role in the Western movie The Blazing Trail alongside Charles Starrett.Throughout the 1950s - 1990s, she appeared in both films and television, including Cheyenne, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Dragnet, Elmer Gantry, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, 77 Sunset Strip, The Brady Bunch, Quantum Leap and Columbo.Marjorie Stapp retired from acting in 1991.
Blond supporting actress and occasional lead of second-feature westerns and horror films, under contract with 20th Century-Fox from the late 1940s. Much on television from the 1950s. Retired from acting in 1991.
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Prior to her acting career, she had been a receptionist for notorious mobster Bugsy Siegel, sitting in a "big plush office" on Sunset Boulevard, getting bored with little to do. In an interview, she added, "But I didn't know it, until he was murdered and I recognized his picture in the paper!". She also noted, "He was just like George Raft, he had bodyguards--just like in the movies!".
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Columbo
1991
TV Series
2nd Woman
Call from Space
1989
Short
Future Woman
Quantum Leap
1989
TV Series
Betty Felcher
The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick
1988
TV Movie
Clara
Jake and the Fatman
1988
TV Series
Judge
Roses Are for the Rich
1987
TV Movie
Matron
The Brady Bunch
1969
TV Series
Mrs. Engstrom
My Three Sons
1962-1969
TV Series
Marge Crawford / Helen
For the People
1965
TV Series
Audrey
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
Ann Morse (uncredited)
The Wild Westerners
1962
Lily (uncredited)
Surfside 6
1961
TV Series
Goldie Locke
Battle at Bloody Beach
1961
Caroline Pelham
77 Sunset Strip
1961
TV Series
Mitzi Martell
The Ann Sothern Show
1960
TV Series
Miss Vogel
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1960
TV Series
Customer
Dan Raven
1960
TV Series
Manager
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
Ruthie (uncredited)
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
TV Series
Elmer Gantry
1960
Lady in Red on Christmas Eve (uncredited)
The Rebel
1960
TV Series
Mabel
Goodyear Theatre
1959
TV Series
The Young Captives
1959
Murdered Blonde
Tales of the Texas Rangers
1958
TV Series
Stacey Walker
The Saga of Hemp Brown
1958
Mrs. Ford (uncredited)
Dragnet
1956-1958
TV Series
Claire Peterson / Norma Deveraeux
Highway Patrol
1958
TV Series
Mary Curran
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1958
TV Series
Daisy
Harbor Command
1958
TV Series
Landlady
The Girl Most Likely
1958
Tall Blonde (uncredited)
Suicide Battalion
1958
Beverly
26 Men
1957
TV Series
Kit Thompson
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
1957
TV Series
Police Woman
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
1957
Woman Getting Dressed
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957
Connie Blake
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
1957
Townswoman (uncredited)
Kronos
1957
Nurse
Gun for a Coward
1957
Rose
The Man Called X
1957
TV Series
Official Detective
1957
TV Series
Mrs. Best
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1956
TV Series
Miss Hersch
Julie
1956
Cliff's Secretary (uncredited)
Scandal Incorporated
1956
Alice Yoland - Fallen Star
I've Lived Before
1956
Spectator (uncredited)
The Charles Farrell Show
1956
TV Series
The Werewolf
1956
Min (uncredited)
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
1956
Minor Role (uncredited)
Terror at Midnight
1956
Waitress (uncredited)
Indestructible Man
1956
Hysterical Young Woman
Cheyenne
1956
TV Series
Betty Baker
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956
Mother in laundromat
I Led 3 Lives
1954-1956
TV Series
Comrade Wanda Harris / Elaine Walker
Screen Directors Playhouse
1955
TV Series
Mrs. Raglund
Illegal
1955
Night Orderly (uncredited)
5 Against the House
1955
Girl (uncredited)
Cell 2455, Death Row
1955
Madeline (uncredited)
Treasury Men in Action
1955
TV Series
Operator
The Far Country
1954
Girl (uncredited)
The Joe Palooka Story
1954
TV Series
Marge McGurn
Fireside Theatre
1950-1953
TV Series
Marry Me Again
1953
W.A.C. (uncredited)
A Blueprint for Murder
1953
Nurse (uncredited)
Death Valley Days
1953
TV Series
Mr. Little's Daughter
Port Sinister
1953
Technician
Problem Girls
1953
Bella
The Blue Gardenia
1953
Policewoman (uncredited)
Sword of Venus
1953
Duchess De Villefort
The Steel Trap
1952
Travel Agent
Emergency Wedding
1950
Mrs. Young (uncredited)
Rookie Fireman
1950
Blonde (uncredited)
The Petty Girl
1950
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sir Galahad
1949
Queen Guinevere
And Baby Makes Three
1949
Peggy (uncredited)
Without Honor
1949
Neighbor's Wife (as Margie Stapp)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jolson Sings Again
1949
Nurse (uncredited)
The Blazing Trail
1949
Janet Masters
Laramie
1949
Scenes deleted (uncredited)
Rimfire
1949
Mary - Dance-Hall Girl
Linda, Be Good
1947
Cameo Girl (uncredited)
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
Girl Greeting Burleigh at Train Station (uncredited)